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How to Solve a Problem Like Himani – School Journal from the Himalayas
How to Solve a Problem Like Himani, is a school journal from the Himalayas. Himani writes in her journal about life at school and at home in a village in the Northern Indian region of Uttarakhand, on the Southern slopes of the Himalaya range. The story takes you through her diary entries as she learns the …
Why Don’t Birds Comb Their Hair? – Inspiring early nature projects about birds
Why Don’t Birds Comb Their Hair? Early nature projects about birds This is a cute book featuring a number of different bird types. This book can be a fun starting point for more research about birds. Author: Suchi Govindarajan, Illustrator: Anjora Noronha Birds featured in this book: – Himalayan Monal – Eurasian Spoonbill …
The Bubble Mystery – bath time surprises
The Bubble Mystery explores Toot Toot the goat’s mystery adventure when she tries to find out where bubbles come from, can you guess? Young children will find the tale immensely amusing. This picture book was created by Room to Read, and this version is from Storyweaver. Download the epub version here, The Bubble Mystery epub. …
Woof-Woof – overcoming fear of pets
Woof-Woof is a delightful story of a young girl overcoming her fear of pets. The little girl is terrified of her family dog, and runs crying to her Daddy. Her Daddy shows her the woof-woof only wants to play. Slowly the little girl overcomes her fear and gains trust. This cute short picture book was …
Watch Out the Tiger is Here – A picture book for young children about tigers
The tiger is a big cat, and he needs to hunt often, but why does everyone know he is here? Find out in Watch Out the Tiger is Here, a short beautifully illustrated picturebook for young children about a tiger. This book is a creative commons book brought to us by Pratham and Storyweaver. The …
Sailing Ships and Sinking Spoons – STEM Lessons in buoyancy
In Sailing Ships and Sinking Spoons – lessons in buoyancy, Tenzin and Tashi, two young Tibetan monks, and Genla, the beloved storyteller of the monastery, wonder why a small steel spoon sinks in water but a huge ship floats. Their science teacher Miss Sonam helps them experiment with an apple, a spoon and a tub-full …
Kung-Fu Grasshoppers – learn not to judge
In The Kung-Fu Grasshoppers, the grasshopper’s children are taken prisoner by a hungry monster. Two strangers arrive in the grasshopper village, an old man and his granddaughter. Who are they, and can they help to save the grasshopper children from the evil monster who holds them prisoner in the nearby woods? This suspense-filled tale of …
Solar System Wikijunior textbooks
Solar system Wikijunior ebook is a text book on the solar system for upper elementary and middle school, this book has tons of facts on the solar system presented in an appealing way, easy for children to understand. The Solar System Wikijunior book is a creative commons book, so all text can be reused and …
Inhabitants of the Sea – marine life early non-fiction
Inhabitants of the sea is a marine life early non-fiction book, suitable for kindergarten and early grades. This short book describes popular sea creatures such as sea horses, octopus, clown fish, dolphins, manta ray, star fish, and sea turtles. This is another great creative commons book from the Pratham Storyweaver community Sample text …
Editors Picks for the Week – A selection of favourites
It’s sometimes hard to wade through the books, I wanted to use this blogspot to highlight a favourite in each reading category each week, to bring some of the older books to the front of the site again. Easy Reading – 5 minutes or less stories for very young children, early readers and beginner English …
Dolphin Facts – Early non-fiction
Dolphin Facts provides some simple and interesting facts about dolphins for early grades. A perfect book for marine lovers with short texts and lots of images. Sample Text from Dolphin Facts – Early non-fiction The most common dolphin is the oceanic dolphin. The oceanic dolphin’s scientific name is Delphinidae. This is where the name Dolphin …
Space Puzzles Book 1 – fun activities for kids from NASA
A space puzzles book for children interested in space. This activity book contains interesting facts about space flight along with activities to match. The book includes a maths puzzle, unscramble national parks, find words, match parts of the space station, and spot the difference. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA, and the National …
Free Editable Books and How to Use them – free templates for children’s books
I’m writing this post to draw attention to our free editable files, which can be used as templates for children’s books, available here: https://freekidsbooks.org/subject/files/editable-files/ The files in our editable section can be used as templates to create your own books! The files are all available in creative commons release and can be modified in any way. …
Chaos at Custard Castle – Dragons, and wizards, and things…
The team at Custard Castle are back with more fun-filled adventure in another four stories. Custard Castle has three hundred dusty rooms, and only seven people – not to mention a Thing that guards the treasure room… There was the King, the Queen, and Princess Fifi. There was Bella the maid, Jack the servant boy, …
Wilbur the Lost Whale – marine conservation picture book
Wilbur the Lost Whale, a children’s marine conservation picture book, tells a tale of destruction in the ocean at the hands of the humans, followed by a happy ending when Wilbur finds his family in a new protected conservation area, and Wilbur learns that humans are not all bad. An endearing story as Wilbur searches …
Password Please – STEM fun
In Password Please we learn through this STEM book all about passwords, keys, and locks. Another great book from Pratham and their Storyweaver platform. Author: Vahishta Mistry, Illustrator: Radhika Tipnis Text from Password Please Manju was fascinated by locks and keys. The soft metallic sound of a key turning in a lock …
Hello – giving greetings to the world around us
Hello is a short book for young children or those learning to read giving greetings to the world around us. A great book for learning simple English phrases too. In this story young children will learn how to use the world hello by reading along as Lolo say hello and introduce us to her friends …
A Stitch in Time – All about repairing broken items
Two friends learn about repairing broken items, a shirt, an iron, a bicycle tyre. This story is about inspiring repair and not throwing away broken items to reduce our carbon footprint. Attribution Text: A Stitch in Time (English), written by Himadri Das, Veena Prasad, illustrated by Ankitha Kini, supported by CISCO, published by Pratham Books …
Whoop, Goes the Pufferfish – Life in a tidal pool
A baby pufferfish gets caught in a tidal pool, his friends help him see there isn’t any reason to panic because the tide will come in again. Another great creative commons story from Pratham’s Storyweaver platform. See more books from Pratham in our Pratham-Storyweaver category. See more stories about animals and marine life in our …
Laundry Day – short book about laundry
A day in the village doing laundry is fun for everyone in this short book about laundry for early reader. This short story is full of images to keep young children entertain while learning new words and why laundry is fun activity for the family. Another great book brought to us by Pratham and Storyweaver. …
